Ghana in Search of Regional Integration Agenda 183 requested the immediate implementation of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme and decided that non-UEMOA Member States should adopt the UEMOA CET as a vital component for the creation of the ECOWAS customs union. 213 By this Decision, there appears to be better prospects for harmonising the programmes of ECOWAS and UEMOA in connection with the acceleration of the process of integration in West Africa. The question, however, is why two separate regional economic organisations pursuing the same agenda? 214 ii. Un-Integrated Production Pattern West African States, including Ghana, are predominantly primary producers this fact creates challenge for them in the global economy. Even more challenging, such trade in commodities as exists is mainly with the developed economies rather than among themselves. The legacy of colonialism, the workings of the international economic system and the lack of imagination on the part of leaders are contributory factors to this state of affairs. In effect, there is excessive dependence of West African States on the developed States and any attempt to reverse this must hinge on priority being given to production and the integration of production patterns in the sub-region. iii. The Lack of Implementation of ECOWAS Protocols Ratification of ECOWAS Protocols is a vital first step in the implementation of the policies of co-operation and integration. By ratification, the Protocols enter into law at the municipal level and become of direct application in the Member States. But that is not to suggest that mere ratification is enough; the challenge is to ensure the effective application and implementation of these Protocols and this requires a series of legislative, regulatory and practical measures which Ghana, as with other Member States of the ECOWAS, is obliged to take at the national level in order to ensure that the commitments they have made are correctly put into practice. The challenge also involves identification of institutional weaknesses at both national and supranational levels as well as issues arising from cultural characteristics of implementing agents and the imperfect monitoring of implementation. iv. Free Movement of Persons, Goods and Services The subject of free movement of persons, goods and services has been high on the 213 UEMOA's CET has been adopted to be applied in all ECOWAS Member States by January 2008 after a country-by­country impact assessment and transitional period of three years(2005-2008). 214 It is also to be noted that ECOWAS has created a second monetary zone with the ultimate aim of merging with UEMOA. ECOWAS move is to facilitate the implementation of the“convergence criteria” based on consumer price stability of single-digit inflation, sustainability of fiscal deficit(5% of GDP), limiting of deficit financing by central banks, etc.